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We support affordable, effective, fun learning games. We're starting with an existing $10 TV-computer as a platform for learning games in the developing world.

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ABC News Coverage

One Laptop Per Child ‘Applauds’ Effort but Dismisses Comparisons

Thank you to Ashley Phillips for writing a well-researched and balanced article about our project.  Notably, she interviewed Chuck Kane (president and COO of OLPC) as well as Walter Bender (former president of OLPC software and content; current director of Sugar Labs).  I greatly respect the efforts of Laptop.org, and while we share similar goals, it’s quite clear that an updated Nintendo is a far cry from the Children’s Machine.

How do you think PLAYPOWER’s approach differs from OLPC?  What can we learn from the path-breaking work of OLPC?

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  • Ghost Wolf
    How about not using a wireless LAN but instead use a simple three wire setup (I2C) and by daisy chaining the computers only the wiring is needed. Automatic busmaster is decided by how the cables are connected.

    [C]-[c]-[c]
    [C] - Master Computer
    [c] - Slaves
    - - Cables, witch is connected on the sides of the computers.

    Also there is the Contiki OS http://www.sics.se/contiki/ witch in it's 1.x releases could take the C64 and the Apple II online.
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